In re Betts, 66 Ind App 484, 486; 118 NE 551, 552 (18 Jan 1918) ("an habitual and almost constant user of tobacco" was killed on the job when, "two or three steps" from his job site, walking toward to a store "to get some tobacco," apparently suffering withdrawal symptoms causing him to pay less attention than he ought, "he was struck by an automobile . . . and killed almost instantly.")

Tiralongo v Stanley Works, 104 Conn 331; 133 A 98 (8 April 1926) (worker's compensation case, involving fire; "The rules of the factory forbid smoking during working hours, and notices were posted in the lavatory and toilets of the plant reading 'No smoking.'")

Dattilo's Case, 273 Mass 333; 173 NE 552 (28 Nov 1930) was by the widow of a smoker who had worked with gasoline and had gasoline on his clothing. She sought worker compensation when her husband died as follows: While his trousers were covered with gasoline, he "took a match from his pocket and scratched it on his trousers for the purpose of lighting a cigarette . . . in his mouth, and 'he became a human torch.' He never recovered from his burns and died." That is a lot of addiction!!

"[the smoker] notwithstanding his actual knowledge
of the [foreseeable harm] proceeded to light a cigarette
while [the victim] was standing only a few feet
away . . . the employer . . . not only knew that
its employees smoked at work, but, in fact, dictated
where . . . exhibited . . . control over its employees'
smoking."

Magaw v Middletown Bd of Education, 323 N J Super 1; 731 A2d 1196 (2 July 1999) cert den 1999 NJ LEXIS 1522 (5 Nov 1999) (worker compensation case, nonsmoker got throat cancer from Toxic Tobacco Smoke (TTS) from smoker coworker, due to exposure to 46,800 cigarettes from sharing office with smoker teacher, another evidence for ending negligent hiring practices). Note that after getting this dread condition, the school fought him all the way to the state Supreme Court, trying to deprive him of even paying his medical and life expenses caused by its negligent and unlawful hiring and safety practices. Educators should know better. See North Dakota Legislative Analysis. It also cites this webpage.